The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. An Historical Study
The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. An Historical Study
Ethelbert Dudley Warfield
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The "midnight appointments" first fell under the President's hand, and in close connection therewith a bill to repeal the judiciary act of the last session was to be introduced. The reconstitution of the houses consequent upon the new administration and the formation of the Cabi- net left the now dominant party without leaders, and the President's influence was such that whom- soever he should select would be regarded as the leaders of the administration in the two branches of the Congress. Alt...hough Mr. Breckinridge now made his first appearance in national affairs, he was intrusted by Mr. Jefferson with the business of introducing the bill to repeal the judiciary act. This extra- ordinary exhibition of confidence and esteem placed Mr. Breckinridge in the front rank of statesmen, and he so well justified the trust by his conduct of this matter, and in his subsequent career in the Senate, that his comrades readily acquiesced in the estimate of the President. The repeal of the judiciary act having been carried through, Mr.
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